A basic Upstart script

upstart-template.conf

#!upstart
#
# Copy me to /etc/init/
# This installs a daemon as a system level call and ensures the process can be monitored and is consistently restarted on error.
# Manual start, stop, and restart respected.
#

description 'An Upstart configuration tempalte'

# Let upstart attempt to restart the daemon on error, exit, or otherwise non-manual termination
respawn

pre-start script
  echo 'pre-start'
end script

post-start script
  echo 'post-start'
end script

# Main start instructions, send to log, route stderr to stdout
script
  #exec /path/to/script >> /path/to/log 2>&1
end script

pre-stop script
  echo 'pre-stop'
end script

post-stop script
  echo 'post-stop'
end script